# Choi Hye-seon (최혜선)
**Choi Hye-seon** (최혜선) is a South Korean television personality and freelance model who became known as a contestant on the third season of the Netflix reality dating show *Single's Inferno* (솔로지옥3), where she formed the season's final couple with former professional basketball player Lee Gwan-hee.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) • [2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/) At the time of filming she was a 26-year-old university student, and her academic background set her apart from the show's usual casting profile.[3](https://www.nme.com/news/tv/singles-inferno-season-3-cast-members-information-instagram-3560832) • [1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Breakout appearance | *Single's Inferno* season 3, Netflix, episodes released December 12, 2023 through the finale on January 9, 2024[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/singles-inferno-3-renewal?inapp=true%2F) |
| Age at casting | 26, listed as a college student[3](https://www.nme.com/news/tv/singles-inferno-season-3-cast-members-information-instagram-3560832) |
| Education | Life sciences and bioinformatics at Ewha Womans University; master's course at Durham University in the United Kingdom[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874) |
| Season 3 outcome | Final couple with Lee Gwan-hee; the pair left the island together in the finale[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) • [2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/) |
| Distinctive casting note | The only one of the season's six women without a beauty pageant background[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) |
| Later television | *Bloody Game* season 3 (피의 게임3), Wavve original survival show released November 15, 2024[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) |
| Instagram | @hazelchoiii; first season 3 cast member to reach 1 million followers[2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/) |
## Single's Inferno 3
*Single's Inferno* strands a cast of single Koreans on a remote island called Inferno, from which couples can escape for overnight dates at a luxury hotel called Paradise; ages and jobs may only be revealed at Paradise.[6](https://time.com/7221367/singles-inferno-season-4-ending-couples/) Season 3 premiered on December 12, 2023, with the remaining episodes released weekly until the finale on January 9, 2024.[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/singles-inferno-3-renewal?inapp=true%2F) Choi Hye-seon was introduced among the twelve cast members as a 26-year-old college student at Ewha Womans University.[3](https://www.nme.com/news/tv/singles-inferno-season-3-cast-members-information-instagram-3560832) • [4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/singles-inferno-3-renewal?inapp=true%2F)
**Her on-screen persona.** Choi drew attention for being candid and direct rather than deferential. In a YTN interview she said she had expected viewers to react negatively to a scene in which she gave Lee Gwan-hee a blunt piece of advice; instead the moment spread widely as an image of a person with high self-esteem. She described herself as someone who has to say what she needs to say.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) YTN's profile noted that she won goodwill by making her own choices without being swayed by others' expectations and by standing behind those decisions.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
In the finale she and Lee Gwan-hee chose each other and left the show together as the season's final couple.[2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/) Season 3, which featured Lee Gwan-hee as a popular but contentious contestant, was particularly well received and accumulated more than 71 million watch hours during its four-week run.[6](https://time.com/7221367/singles-inferno-season-4-ending-couples/)
## Education and path to the show
Choi majored in life sciences and bioinformatics at Ewha Womans University and then entered a master's program at [Durham University](https://www.edgepedia.org/durham-university) in the United Kingdom.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874) She has said she received the casting offer through an Instagram message while she was in the United States for an internship; assuming the production would not wait a month for her, she went to the meeting without makeup and a light heart, and was ultimately cast.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
After the season ended she submitted her master's thesis in the UK by September 2024 and said she was preparing for employment, looking first at data analyst positions in Britain, a field she noted often allows fully remote work.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
## Life after the show
**Modeling and social media.** Choi was the first member of the season 3 cast to reach 1 million Instagram followers, and the volume of attention on her personal life led her to announce in January 2024 that she would step away from the internet for a while; she resumed posting about her life, travels, and modeling work later that year.[2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/) In 2024 she was selected by the brand Dentiste for a campaign, modeled for Lululemon, and became an ambassador for F&F's Sergio Tacchini.[2](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/)
**Bloody Game 3.** For her first television appearance after *Single's Inferno*, Choi turned down other offers and chose *[Bloody Game](https://www.edgepedia.org/game-of-blood)* season 3, Wavve's brain-survival competition, which was released on November 15, 2024.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874) • [1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531) She explained the choice by her long-standing enjoyment of strategy survival shows such as *The Genius*, *The Devil's Plan*, and *The Time Hotel*, saying she liked them enough to dream about them, and described her strengths as memorizing visible numbers and solving hidden-pattern puzzles.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874) YTN framed the move as a reversal of her dating-show image: where *Single's Inferno* rewarded uncalculated sincerity, *Bloody Game* required strategic movement at every moment.[1](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
**The relationship question.** Although viewers hoped the final couple would continue in real life, Choi said in a November 2024 interview that she and Lee Gwan-hee were not dating, adding that the cast members generally got along well but did not explain every detail of their private lives publicly.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874) The two later reunited on screen as fellow players in *Bloody Game X*, where Lee said their brief reunion made him wish he had survived longer in the game.[7](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026081162214) Lee subsequently confirmed a real-life relationship with Yu Si-eun, another season 3 cast member.[7](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026081162214)
## References
1. [Y터뷰 최혜선 "'피의 게임', '솔로지옥'과 정반대…새로운 모습 기대돼", YTN (November 16, 2024)](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202411161109572531)
2. ["Single's Inferno 3" Choi Hye Seon Is Prettier Than Ever And Living Her Best Life In 2025, Koreaboo (February 8, 2025)](https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/netflix-singles-inferno-choi-hye-seon-update-2025-dating-show/)
3. [Meet the cast of 'Single's Inferno' Season 3, NME](https://www.nme.com/news/tv/singles-inferno-season-3-cast-members-information-instagram-3560832)
4. [Single's Inferno Season 3 is Here — with a Devilish Twist, Netflix Tudum (January 10, 2024)](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/singles-inferno-3-renewal?inapp=true%2F)
5. ["욕심 부린 대가"…최혜선, 인플루언서도 직장인도 아닌데 연기자까지 '만능캐'[TEN인터뷰], Ten Asia (November 22, 2024)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2024111148874)
6. [Unpacking Single's Inferno Season 4's Suspenseful Finale, TIME](https://time.com/7221367/singles-inferno-season-4-ending-couples/)
7. [이관희, 유시은과 공개 열애 중인데…최혜선 언급 "재회 짧아 아쉬워" ('피의게임X')[일문일답], Ten Asia (August 11, 2026)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026081162214)
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